Congratulations to PTYS graduate student Catherine Elder who was awarded a 2013 Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) Career Development Award in February.

The award is given to graduate students who submitted a first-author abstract to the 44th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC). The awards are based on a review of the application materials by a panel of planetary scientists, and recipients received a $1000.00 travel stipend to help cover LPSC conference expenses.